Re: September Cooking Challenge: EGGS!!

We still have nearly 3 weeks left in the challenge, so think of your egg recipes soon!

Here's an early fall dish. Leek and feta fritatta and a salad of arugula, gorgonzola, proscuitto and fresh figs. For the fritatta I caramelized the chopped leeks with olive oil and added water to the pan as needed so they wouldn't burn. Then I removed them from the pan and set aside. Meanwhile I browned sliced potatoes on the bottom of the pan until almost cooked through. I layered the caramelized leeks on top, poured in the beaten eggs and dotted it with cubs of feta cheese. Into the oven it went until the eggs were set and I turned it upside down onto the platter. The sweetness of the leeks are a perfect match for the briny saltiness of the feta.

Re: September Cooking Challenge: EGGS!!

Re: September Cooking Challenge: EGGS!!

A homemade peach tart with a pastry cream filling. I used the 'Joy of Baking' fruit tart recipe:http://www.joyofbaking.com/FruitTart.htmlI substituted Cup 4 Cup gluten-free flour and almond flour for the crust. I topped the tart with locally-grown peaches from a great farm stand near our home which are grown not 50 miles from us and homemade peach glaze made from the same sun-ripened peaches. I added both almond extract and vanilla extract to the pastry cream. The peaches were perfectly ripe, which I recommend if making homemade desserts. You don't have to use unripe fruit just because it will cut neatly, it won't taste as good as ripe fruit. Treat yourself and stop worrying about how things look in pastry shops. At home, it should be homemade-looking and it'll taste like nothing you can buy.

Re: September Cooking Challenge: EGGS!!

Re: September Cooking Challenge: EGGS!!

That does look great! What kind of feta did you use for the fritatta?

Hey guys i'm new, I was stumbling around the internet in search of cheap food recipes and came on to this thread! I have a couple ways I like to do eggs on toast, just to make it not so boring! Can't really post pictures but the recipes will give you an idea (I hope!). Sorry if this post is long in advance, I tend to get carried away when i'm talking about food..

So the recipe changes depending on my mood, but here are my two favourites!!Start with the eggs on toast part, that's the easiest! Fry egg, make toast, DONE! Next comes the toppings!

So first grab a small onion, medium-sized tomato and a rasher of bacon and DICE 'EM ALL UP! Throw them in a bowl and now you can get creative, season it up how you want, I usually put oregano, basil, parsley (All dried), salt, pepper and a dash of worcestershire sauce and tabasco. However you do it, don't go overboard with the saltyness or anything like that. NEXT is what makes the whole thing delicious, grab some cheap jarred basil pesto (usually has a fair amount of oil in it already, but if you'd rather use fresh pesto just add olive oil afterwards). Anyhow, you want about a tablespoon or more to make sure it coats everything. Stir it all up, fry in some butter until the onions are soft and throw it on top of the egg, it's delicious!

For the other variation chop up some mushrooms and a small red onion, season in the same way but leave out the basil pesto. THIS TIME you want 1 teaspoon of Dijon Mustard (We have an organic brand called Macro over here which I LOVE!). If you want to offset the tang a bit add some dijonnaise (it's kinda like mayo + mustard) or a small amount of whole egg mayo. Again don't forget some olive oil, stir it all up, fry til the onions are soft and the mushrooms are cooked through (you might need some more butter for those mushrooms). I tend not to add meat here except for mortadella, but that's pretty processed and some people don't like the taste!

These are just about my favourite breakfast/egg recipes of all time, they're cheap and filling and you know exactly what you're putting in.

Re: September Cooking Challenge: EGGS!!

Welcome to the forums Crusader, we hope you'll stick around and post some more recipes. Eggs on toast I hear is very popular in the UK, it's not something we do here in the States although I can't figure out why. We don't do beans on toast either, or anything on toast really. I should try it for myself once just to try it. Thanks for sharing your recipes!

For anyone apprehensive about adding photos, I simply take a photo with my smartphone and then email it to myself. When I sit at my computer I can open the attachment and save in a special (gigantic) filing system on my computer where I keep pictures and recipes of all the food I make. I'm pretty much a foodie like that, I take pictures of everything I cook.

The feta I used in this particular instance is a Bulgarian feta, but most often I cook with Dodonis feta.

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